title: Imported brucellosis in Denmark: molecular identification and multiple-locus variable number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) genotyping of the bacteria.
abstract: A polymerase chain reaction was used to identify Brucella species isolated from humans in Denmark. Consecutive analysis of referred bacteria and re-examination of historical isolates identified all as Brucella melitensis. Multiple-locus variable number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) placed the isolates in the previously defined 'East Mediterranean' B. melitensis group.
authors.affiliation: Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Huma
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aftab
authors.forename: Rimtas
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dargis
authors.forename: Jens J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Christensen
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Le Flèche
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kemp
mesh_terms: D017347:Brucella melitensis / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003718:Denmark; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D018598:Minisatellite Repeats; D058889:Molecular Typing; D014195:Travel